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Secwepemctsín
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English
Etymology
en shs Secwepemctsín.
Proper noun
Shuswap Salish language
en Sean Stiller I came to understand how sage and the land could be so healing CBC Short Docs 2018-03-18 https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/features/i-came-to-understand-how-sage-and-the-land-could-be-so-healing I returned in July 2016, filming for my MFA thesis in several Secwepemc communities, exploring the challenge of Secwepemctsín (Shuswap language loss) and the potential for language revitalization. https://web.archive.org/web/20221118204451/https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/features/i-came-to-understand-how-sage-and-the-land-could-be-so-healing 18 November 2022
en Tara Brady Sugarcane: Gripping story of abuse in Catholic schools in Canada is an early Oscar favourite Irish Times 2024-09-19 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/09/19/sugarcane-gripping-story-of-abuse-in-catholic-schools-in-canada-is-an-early-oscar-favourite/ The grandmother of Julian Brave NoiseCat, the film’s codirector, who was himself born in mysterious circumstances in the institution, says, “Before we went to residential school we spoke the Secwépemc language – only Secwepemctsín – in the community; no English. They tried to take that out of us. So much stuff ... stuff I should have talked about.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260513093935/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/09/19/sugarcane-gripping-story-of-abuse-in-catholic-schools-in-canada-is-an-early-oscar-favourite/ 13 May 2026
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